TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 15: Film Series/Ray Harryhausen Adventure Films

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The TCM Daytime schedule features the following:

*Ronald Reagan as Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft
*Bonita Granville as the young sleuth Nancy Drew
*Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

An intro to Gildersleeve movies:

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Memorial Tribute: June Lockhart (continued)

1:00 AM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


3:00 AM All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
A French nobleman falls in love with his children's governess.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:30 AM The Joe Louis Story (1953)
In this biography, champion boxer Joe Louis fights to make a name for himself.
Dir: Robert Gordon Cast: Coley Wallace, Paul Stewart, Hilda Simms
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Daytime: Film Series

7:00 AM Secret Service of the Air (1939)
A government agent battles smugglers.
Dir: Noel Smith Cast: Ronald Reagan, John Litel, Ila Rhodes
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC:


8:15 AM Code of the Secret Service (1939)
Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.
Dir: Noel Smith Cast: Ronald Reagan, Rosella Towne, Eddie Foy Jr.
Runtime: 58 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:15 AM Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
The Secret Service investigates a fleet of gambling ships.
Dir: Terry Morse Cast: Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson, Eddie Foy Jr.
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC:


10:15 AM Murder in the Air (1940)
A secret service agent fights to keep enemy spies away from top secret government plans.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Ronald Reagan, John Litel, Lya Lys
Runtime: 55 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:15 AM Nancy Drew: Detective (1938)
A teen-aged sleuth investigates a wealthy woman's disappearance.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:30 PM Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
A teen-aged sleuth sets out to prove a young girl innocent of murder charges.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frank Thomas Jr.
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

1:45 PM Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
A teen-aged sleuth tries to clear one of her father's friends of a murder charge.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:00 PM Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
A teen-aged sleuth helps two old ladies deal with the "haunting" of their mansion.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

4:15 PM The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Harold Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

5:30 PM Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
A small-town politician is the jury hold-out in a sensational murder case.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Harold Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:45 PM Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
On a trip to New York, a small-town blowhard gets caught between a wealthy widow and a gold digger.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Harold Peary, Billie Burke, Claire Carleton
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

TCM Primetime: Ray Harryhausen Adventure Films

8:00 PM The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Sinbad hunts for a roc's egg to save his love from an evil sorcerer.
Dir: Nathan Juran Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Torin Thatcher
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC:

10:00 PM The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
Sinbad battles a fiendish magician and his many monsters.
Dir: Gordon Hessler Cast: John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC:

12:00 AM Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
When a witch turns a young prince into a baboon, Sinbad fights to save him.
Dir: Sam Wanamaker Cast: Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Taryn Power
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:00 AM The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Cowboys discover a lost world populated by dinosaurs.
Dir: Jim O'Connolly Cast: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 AM Clash of the Titans (1981)
A Greek hero fights a series of monsters, including the dreaded gorgon, to win the woman he loves.
Dir: Desmond Davis Cast: Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y